Psychology Chapter 10 Test Questions – Flashcards

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A repetitive and rigid behavior that a person feels compelled to perform in order to reduce anxiety.
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Compulsion
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An anxiety disorder indicated by a marked and persistent fear of being in places or situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing
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Agoraphobia
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An explanation of schizophrenia that proposes that genetic, prenatal, ad postnatal biological factors render a person vulnerable to schizophrenia, but environmental stress determines whether it develops or not.
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Vulnerability-stress model
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A style of psychotherapy, developed by Carl Rogers, in which the therapist uses unconditional positive regard, genuineness, and empathy to help the person to gain insight into his true self-concept.
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client-centered therapy
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A counterconditioning exposure therapy in which a fear response to an object or situation is replaced with a relaxation response in a series of progressively increasing fear-arousing steps.
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systematic desensitization
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Getting better with the passage of time without receiving any therapy.
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spontaneous remission
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A type of cognitive therapy, developed by Albert Ellis, in which the therapist directly confronts and challenge the person's unrealistic thoughts and beliefs to show that they are irrational.
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rational-emotive therapy
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A disorder characterized by inflexible, long-standing personality traits that lead to behavior that impairs social functioning and deviates from cultural norms.
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personality disorder
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A false sensory perception
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hallucination
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A disorder in which recurrent cycles of depressive and manic episodes occur.
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bipolar disorder
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The current version of the American Psychiatric Association's diagnostic and classification guidelines for mental disorders
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Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)
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Explaining abnormality as the result of the interaction among biologcial, psychological (behavioral and cognitive), and social or cultural factors.
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Biopsychosocial approach
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An explanation of depression that proposes that the growth of new neurons in the hippocampus stops during depression, and when it resumes, the depression lifts.
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neurogenesis theory of depression
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A person undergoing therapy acts toward the therapist as he or she did or does toward important figures in his or her life, such as parents.
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Transference
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A side effect of long-term use of traditional antipsychotic drugs causing the person to have uncontrollable facial tics, grimaces, and other involuntary movements of the lips, jaws, and tongue.
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Tardive dyskinesia
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Which of the following is a personality disorder? A. schizophrenia B. Antisocial personality C. Bipolar disorder D. Generalized anxiety disorder
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B. Antisocial personality
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______ is the fear of being in places or situations from which escape may be difficult or embarrassing. A. A specific phobia B. Agoraphobia C. Social anxiety disorder D. Panic disorder
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B. Agoraphobia
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Which of the following disorders has the highest concordance rate for identical twins? A. Bipolar disorder B. Schizophrenia C. Major depressive disorder D. The concordance rates for all of the above are the same.
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A. Bipolar Disorder
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Which of the following disorders is a (are) psychotic disorder(s)? A. obsessive-compulsive disorder B. Major depressive disorder C. Schizophrenia D. All of the above
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C. Schizophrenia
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A false sensory perception is a(n) ______, and false belief is a(n) ______, A. Obsession; compulsion B. Compulsion; obsession C. Hallucination; delusion D. Delusion; Hallucination
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C. Hallucination; delusion
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Which of the following is (are) most often used to treat bipolar disorder? A. SSRIs B. Lithium C. New generation antipsychotic drugs D. MAO inhibitors
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B. Lithium
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Tardive dyskinesia is a side effect of long-term us of _____ A. SSRIs B. Traditional antipsychotic drugs C. Lithium D. Tricyclics
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B. Traditional antipsychotic drugs
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A _____ therapists interprets resistances and transferences to discover a person's underlying problems. A. Psychoanalytic B. Client-centered C. Behavioral D. Cognitive
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A. Psychoanalytic
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Maladaptive behavior is to maladaptive thinking as _____ is to _____. A. Psychoanalytic; client-centered therapy B. Client-centered therapy; psychoanalytic C. Behavioral therapy; cognitive therapy D. Cognitive therapy; behavioral therapy
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C. Behavioral therapy; cognitive therapy
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Which of the following psychotherapies is most effective in treating phobic disorders? A. psychoanalytic B. cognitive therapy C. Behavioral therapy D. Client-centered therapy
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C. Behavioral therapy
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_____ is a disorder in which the person has excessive global anxiety and worry that they cannot control for a period of at least six months. A. Agoraphobia B. Social phobia C. Generalized anxiety disorder D. Panic disorder
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C. Generalized anxiety disorder
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Which of the following is a part of rational-emotive therapy? A. ABC model B. token economy C. free association D. flooding
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A. ABC model
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Unconditional positive regard and empathy are to resistance and transference as ______ is to ______. A. ration-emotive therapy; Beck's cognitive therapy B. Beck's cognitive therapy; rational-emotive therapy C. psychoanalysis; client-centered therapy D. client-centered therapy; psychoanalysis
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D. Client-centered therapy; psychoanalysis
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Which of the following is the best example of a biopsychosocial explanation of a mental disorder? A. The ABC model B. The vulnerability-stress model C. counterconditioning D. meta-analysis
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B. The vulnerability-stress model
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Which of the following disorders is classified as and obsessive-compulsive related disorder? A. panic disorder B. trichotillomania C. agoraphobia D. social anxiety disorder
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B. Trichotillomania
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